".....Vlade has committed an astonishing zero fouls in
his history as a King, since every single foul charged to him was,
judging by his mastery of the “I never touched him!” facial expression,
a grievous officiating mistake...."

LjuboDaMan

02-16-2006, 11:45 PM

Joins Hakeem Olajuwon and Kareem Abdul-Jabaar as the only players in NBA history to amass 13,000 points, 9,000 rebounds, 3,000 assists and 1,500 blocked shots

decent player ?

vlade was great ... he did not care about stats, and he still recorded those numbers he made the whole team better and his personality is one of the best

I gotta echo these sentiments. I loved everything about the guy. From his basketball play to the fact that he probably smoked a pack a day and still was the only person who could guard Shaq in those LA dynasty years.

18to88

02-17-2006, 12:40 AM

Greatest center to ever play the game. A real class act. I always wanted the Pacers to get him. I think the classiness of Reggie and him would have brought Indy atleast 3 rings.

efx

02-17-2006, 12:48 AM

Greatest center to ever play the game. A real class act. I always wanted the Pacers to get him. I think the classiness of Reggie and him would have brought Indy atleast 3 rings.

Sorry to be mr Argumentative but are you putting Vlade above people like Shaq, Russell and Kareem?

18to88

02-17-2006, 12:49 AM

Sorry to be mr Argumentative but are you putting Vlade above people like Shaq, Russell and Kareem?

I said the greatest center to play the game so yeah. Watch out you might win "Most Argumentative Poster" this year. I'm going for "Classiest Class Act"

Natston

02-17-2006, 01:01 AM

If only we could find a doctor willing to remove the giant fork from his back... :lurk:

18to88

02-17-2006, 01:04 AM

If only we could find a doctor willing to remove the giant fork from his back... :lurk:

He'd still be the best

efx

02-17-2006, 01:32 AM

Ok, if we can disregard the good he did as a person, what did he do as a player to earn the moniker "greatest center"?

18to88

02-17-2006, 02:08 AM

Ok, if we can disregard the good he did as a person, what did he do as a player to earn the moniker "greatest center"?

Everything needed to be the G.C.O.A.T., it's f***ing Vlade, man. The Legend.

OhMyGodHeFumbles

02-17-2006, 05:42 AM

Why are we discussing someone who will never play again?

Because i asked guys to do so and because it`s absolutely OK! I wanted to find out how they feel about him.

:teacher:

Thanks, everybody!

Willbo

02-17-2006, 06:01 AM

Usually when i am alone, walking along the beach or staring at a sunset.

Oh hang on, i see you, said 'What'...

Julius Sour

02-17-2006, 06:22 AM

I'm from Lithuania and we will never forget the euro 1995 finals. Maybe, my commrades will criticise me on this one, but I do think that Vlade had almost as much talent as Sabas, but some 2-4 inch less.

Js

SwissExpress

02-17-2006, 06:25 AM

Such threads remind me of speeches in funerals.

Well, here's my part: A very good player. I would say great, but I still feel dissapointment of how his career ended. Dissapointing trauma in LA, decision not to play in his national team. Despite that, he's the 2nd best European center ever to play in the NBA, right after Sabonis; and probably he had the best NBA and international career among centers from Europe.

Kestas

02-17-2006, 06:43 AM

Greatest center to ever play the game. A real class act. I always wanted the Pacers to get him. I think the classiness of Reggie and him would have brought Indy atleast 3 rings.

Vlade always acknowledged Sabonis was better than him.

SwissExpress

02-17-2006, 06:46 AM

Vlade always acknowledged Sabonis was better than him.

Really? That puts Divac so much higher in the list of my favorite players.

RWB

02-17-2006, 07:42 AM

Vlade always acknowledged Sabonis was better than him.

He should, Sabonis had the reputation of having somewhat of a mean streak (played tuff). While many considered Vlade on the soft side, of course this could have been only a perception because of the constant flopping.

LjuboDaMan

02-17-2006, 01:38 PM

Ok, if we can disregard the good he did as a person, what did he do as a player to earn the moniker "greatest center"?

Joins Hakeem Olajuwon and Kareem Abdul-Jabaar as the only players in NBA history to amass 13,000 points, 9,000 rebounds, 3,000 assists and 1,500 blocked shots

not the greatest ... one of the best

kellogg

02-18-2006, 10:16 PM

A class act and very good center in his day.

Unfortunately will also always be remembered as the other player in the Kobe Bryant draft day trade, if I'm not mistaken.

OhMyGodHeFumbles

02-18-2006, 10:56 PM

Unfortunately will also always be remembered as the other player in the Kobe Bryant draft day trade, if I'm not mistaken.

Correct!!! I really like Vlade but Kobe!!! Did they make a stupid move or what???

You might want to ask this at a KINGS website, considering Vlade played his best years wearing the uniform of the Sacramento Kings.

Offhand, I'd recommend ... oh, I don't know ... maybe Kingsfans.com.

:D

N8R

02-19-2006, 03:38 AM

Not a big fan of centres who play the floppsy game. he was a good passer but I will always remember his acting skills defining his career for me.

Pacesetter

02-19-2006, 05:17 AM

I always thought Vlade was slow and a whiner. He was good though, no doubt. He could pass it with accuracy, play the post against bigger players (i.e. shaq), and was a decent scorer. However, I always felt he looked unprofessional, and lacked hygiene. He also whined incessantly whenever he didn't get the call, and played dirty to make up for being oaf-slow.